naure.com
GeographySurprise 5/5Difficulty 3/5Reviewed on September 14, 2026

The Atacama Desert is the driest in the world.

Why it is true

The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest non-polar desert in the world. Some weather stations in the region have never recorded rain since measurements began, and relative humidity can be below 10 percent.

Source: USGS

Would you rather be asked first?

This is the reading side of the site, so the answer is in the sentence above — that is the whole point of it. Test yourself works the other way round: the question comes on its own, and the fact and the explanation only appear once you have answered.

Test yourself →10-question challenge

Related facts

More in Geography

See all →